My Communities

![Hello y'all!

I'm Brian Kibirige from Uganda but currently pursuing a Master of Science in Agricultural Education degree at Montana State University, Bozeman. I have 7 years of experience in teaching of agricultural sciences at secondary school level in Uganda. Away from teaching, I run the Youth Future Farmers of Africa (YoFFA) organization. YoFFA is a youth-led organization aimed at interesting students in high school in studying agriculture and pursuing careers in the farming sector.
I have signed up for this course to learn more about fundraising and if possible find like-minded people to collaborate with as I strive to give students opportunities for experiential learning, leadership and career development.
Lastly, I'm excited to learn about fundraising dynamics and how I can become a good fundraiser.

Thank you!

Hi..my name is Simangaliso Shongwe from South Africa. I have a vast experience in stakeholder management and I want to learn about fundraising. Looking forward for this great journey

I am excited to be part of the programme. Hope I will learn more and become the best fundraiser

Hi, I am Alain Kabore, connecting from Dakar Senegal, in West Africa. I am interested in this course because i am always involved in business development.

Hello everybody there!

I'm glad to meet you all inspired to work and change your environment through professional progress!
This is Mulugeta Atiso from Ethiopia working in one of the faith based organizations (Catholic Church) in the country being A Senior MEAL Officer! I'm here to learn and share with you on the fund raising for the projects and the organization as to minimize fund scarcity in carving problems identified by the projects and reach the needy around to create the better future of us all.

Thanks!
Mulugeta

Hello everyone. I am Elijah Chidi from Nigeria, West Africa. I work in the humanitarian setting. I look forward to leveraging on this course to build a good fund raising structure for my organization.

Hello, my name is Ewang Eseme, I'm from Cameroon. I'm a portrait artist, I really need this in depth knowledge to apply to my career.

Hello everyone,
I am a university professor at the doctoral level. I teach leadership courses for two American universities and live just north of Toronto, in Canada. I am taking this course to broaden my knowledge in the fundraising area.

Hello,

I am looking to get back into non-profit work, with a focus in the MENA region. I hold an MA in International Relations from the US but have become quite rusty in the world of IR! Hoping to learn some useful skills to apply in my future NP work!

Hello All,

My name is De'Eric Williams and I reside in the United States of America. I am a passionate nonprofit development professional. I am most passionate about NPO's that have a strong social services/ basic needs focus.

My goal for this course is to build upon my current knowledge of fundraising/development and possibly adding new tools to my "toolkit".

I'm most excited about learning more about the development process. As it relates to cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding new/ current donor relationships.

I'm looking forward to completing this specialization and building new friendships along the way.

Best Regards,

Hi Simanga,

I share your excitement, I'm looking forward to refining my skills and becoming an effective fundraiser as well!

Best Regards,

Hi Mulugeta,

I agree! I'm looking forward to completing this specialization, and using the knowledge learned to effect change within my organization.

Best Regards,

Hello
My name is Happiness from South Africa,founder of Buhlebukhona Foundation,I so glad to be a part of this,Learning more about fundraising,its going to help me and my team as we are facing a huge of challenge of domestic voilence happening everyday in my country,helping women and children to have safe home out of their abusers and help them to open their business so they can stand on their own.

Hello to everyone. My name is Camila Cubilla, and I am from Paraguay, a small country in South America. Actually I am not working in any ONG, but I hope I can soon. I am excited to learn the basics about Fundraising because it is a new topic for me.

Hey! My name is shakillah kabagumya from Uganda am a social worker and regional project coordinator at Balinda children foundation. Am humbled to be here, ready to learn and receive any assistance for us
Thanks

Hi, I am Richard from Malawi

Hello! My name is Vandana, and I am from India. I am a teacher by profession and volunteer for many NGOs. I want to learn the strategies of fundraising to be able to contribute to my volunteering responsibilities in a better way.

I AM DR CHARLES ALFRED FROM NIGERIA. I AM A UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE TEACHER. I AM DELIGHTED.

Hello, I am Allissa. I am the philanthropy systems coordinator at the YWCA where we focus on eliminating racism and empowering women. I am most interested in donor relations and what I can do to help my team.

Good luck Camilia! I am new to fundraising as well.

Welcome Vandana!

Hello everyone
My name is Daniela from Colombia. I am social psychologist and I am very glad for starting this course because is an excellent way for increase my skills and knowledge to help many communitarian organizations in Colombia who looking for developing their entrepreneurships or social projects.

Hi Alissa. Nice to meet you
Will be fun if we work together through this course.
Let me know if you would like it :)

Hi,
My name is Matt, and I have recently joined a NPO operating the the sustainability and eWaste sphere through art. I'm proudly South African, and have a decades worth of experience in Digital Marketing for SMES and corporates. My goal for this course is to equip myself with knowledge needed to help my NPO succeed in making a real impactful change in the world.

hello, my name is Skaiste, I am from Lithuania and at this moment studying between two universities (Kaunas University of Technology and University of Central Florida). In this course, my goals would be to get the better idea of Fundraising, and get some additional information that would help in my career in public organizations and nonprofit management fields .

hie guys. my name is Constance Myambo , i am the grants and proposal writing consultant for Mieto Development and Research and Training Consultancy. My goals for this course is to gain in-depth knowledge which will hep me be able to advdnce my training and fundraising skills.

Hello. My name is Gucca. I am a senegalese people. I don't have a good level in english but i try because this course is very interessant for person working in NGO. I am a leader an organisation non lucrative since 02 years. And i need many competences concern fundraising. Now i finish to look first module and i am satisfy and i want discover the next step.

Hello Everyone, My name is Again Muzenda from Zimbabwe, A Finance assistant , Accountantant... I'm Delighted to be here, willing to learn, share ideas, apply those ideas in my Fundraising Course learning Process

Hello everyone,
I am Ambe Marius, a parasitologist with interest in neglected tropical disease. I am passionate about data and health especially for the old and needy. I am planning on starting a non profit organization to identity severe cases as a results of NTDs and treat or manage the conditions.

Hello, i am Claudio Monjane from Mozambique. I am exciting to make this curse, and i hope get more knowledge about fundraising.

Hi everyone, i'm lengwe and am taking this course from Zambia.

Hello Every One ,
I'm Nahla From Egypt , I work AS Office Admin , I studied English literature in collogue .
I want to Join Non-profit Organization that's why I'm studying this course .

My name is Oryiman Gwaza from Nigeria. I'm a graduate of Mass Communication from Benue State University. I am a Civil Servant under the Ministry of Information Culture and Tourism. Aside being a government worker, am also an entrepreneur, who is diverse in business development, an up coming researcher and also have interest in both human and society development, through capacity building and promoting peace.
My interest in taking this course is to give me an insight on what and how it takes to access grants. This is because, like I said earlier, I am a self ambassador of human development. Thus, learning and mastering the art of winning grants will be an honour not just for me but, another way of changing or curing a pandemic (socio-economic) and bringing back hope to despairing souls.

Hello everyone,
My name is Joseph from Nairobi Kenya (The City in the Sun). I work for Don Bosco Tech Africa as a Project Manager implementing the Global Program in eleven countries in Africa.
I am here to learn about Fundraising since it is an area that interests me a lot. I would like to learn how to conduct donor mapping and write winning fundraising proposals.

Jean Michel KOFFI, Economic Cooperation and Private Sector Promotion Adviser - Multi-donors Project implemented in 5 regions including West Africa in Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Water Fields

Jean Michel Koffi, Economic Cooperation and Private Sector Promotion Adviser - Multi-donors Project

My name is Caroline from Kenya. I am involved in charity work where I deal with children from humble backgrounds. My organization has four core objectives namely - Education, Mentorship, Jigger treatment and drugs and alcohol abuse. My main goal is to know how to raise funds in order to reach as many children in these four areas in the community. I am glad to meet with like minded people.

Mariam Caleb here, from Kenya. I do work for an NGO, in the fundraising dept, so seeking to grow my skills in this. Looking forward to a great time with each of you.

Hi,
Myself Sanjay Choudhary, India, Healthcare/Retail Chain Pharmacy.
My goal is to raise the fund from VC and my plan is to improve my leadership team
The most exciting part will be for me how we can get on the list of unicorns.

Hi Brittany, Nice to hear that you are working in health sector.
Myself Sanjay Choudhary, India, Healthcare/Retail Chain Pharmacy.
My goal is to raise the fund from VC and my plan is to improve my leadership team
The most exciting part will be for me how we can get on the list of unicorns.

Hello Mr. De'Eric Williams, Nice to hear that you are working for strong social services/ basic needs focus..
Myself Sanjay Choudhary, India, Healthcare/Retail Chain Pharmacy.
My goal is to raise the fund from VC and my plan is to improve my leadership team
The most exciting part will be for me how we can get on the list of unicorns.

Hello everyone I am Mpoki mwaikokesya from Tanzania, a faculty member at the University of Dar es Salaam, School of Education. My goals for learning this Course is to increase effectiveness at my organisation. I am excited to learn basic strategies of fundraising and exchanging experience from fellow learners

Good morning every one Iam Santino Wal, an inspiring fundraiser

Hello great people,
My name is Faith Nashipae from Kenya, East Africa.
I am Counselling Psychologists, specializing in mental health programming and men and boys engagement and rights.
I do this under the NGO, Thriving Communities Africa..
I am here to expand my knowledge on fundraising as I would like to increase our current portfolio to a set target by Jan 2023.
I am also here to learn from all and establish business linkages.

I look forward to a great learning and engagement with you.

Regards,

Hello. My name is Akwasi. I am the founder and president of ResQ World, a faith-based non-profit in Accra, Ghana. I hope to improve my fundraising skills at the end of this course. I look forward to learning from you all.

Hello, my name is Emma, I am French but currently live in Morocco. I am about to change career, moving from corporate world to charity, to find a real purpose at work. I am so happy to have found these courses which allow me to get a sense of different aspects of the non-profit world. Can't wait to learn new skills and connect with meaningful people.

You write impeccable English considering you are French.

Hi good day.. this is pervez siddiqui. working on peacebuilding with Films 4 Peace Foundation based in Bangladesh.

Hello!
My name is Hervé Millet (French living in the Netherlands) active since 25 years with the ASAP foundation (www.asap-foundation.org) in Burkina Faso.
My goal is to check what we are doing right and what we need to change in our fundraising.

@ThaoTran said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising:

Welcome to the course discussion board!

To get started in this course, follow the prompts below and respond to at least two other learners:

1. Introduce yourself to the others in this course (name, country, industry/field of work).

2. What are your goals for the course, and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

3. What are you most excited to learn?

To be more successful in this course, we recommend you work in a team. Create or join one today!

Hello everyone my name is favour, from Nigeria, I am a communications personnel, current working in the education sector, I hope to branch out into the nonprofit space

Hi everyone,
My name is Elizabeth from Nairobi Kenya. I work in a nonprofit organisation under the department of programs. Am taking this course to acquire new skills, hence, giving more to my organization.

Hello everyone ,I am delighted to undertake this course, my name is Millicent Manga, I am from Kenya ,recent graduate, having studied Bachelor of Arts in Community Development ,doing my internship at a Kengen foundation. I am looking forward to expand my knowledge in fundraising in order to be ready for the job market and also improve on my skills. I am most excited to learn the different methods of fundraising and how I can apply to them in an organization.

Hello everyone, I'm Sanger from Iraq, I am head of program for a local NGO, i've enrolled in this course to improve my organization capability for fundraising.

Hello! My name is Sydney, and I'm from Toronto, Canada. I'm working towards my MBA in Executive Leadership and decided to take this course to strengthen my fundraising skills. After completing my MBA, I plan to work in donor relationship management with a major non-profit, and I believe that the fundraising skills I can learn here will be critical to my success.

Hi! My name is Irina and its a pleasure for me to participate in this course! O work in NGO dari edu as a fundraiser. I will be happy to know these important strategies which Im syre will be useful at my daily work with fundraising campaigns!

Hello everyone! I am Maria Tereza from Brazil, but I currently live in the US. I work for non-profits focused on education before and I intend to return to that when my exchange program is over.
My main goal is to learn more about fundraising and other ways to raise money for education focused non-profits. I am most excited about learning how to create a map of your personal network

Emma! that is a big change! I would like to congratulate you on that decision.

Hello Emma! That's a big change! I would like to congratulate you on that decision.

Hello De'Eric Williams! I am glad to hear about you. Let's discuss non-profit development! I've worked in that field too

Hi Everyone!
My name is Oluwagbemileke Owolabi from Nigeria, I’m a multifarious career person. My goal is to learn, gain knowledge about how fundraising works in an organization and individual, I look forward to share ideas with likeminded people to make the world a better place

Hello everyone here is Shubham ,from India.
I have been working in Balya seva Samarpan trust, which is a non-profit organisation works for the children who have been not going to school due to a financial or poor reason, our organisation works on the potential of children and make them fit in the field of education to have a good go to school .

hey everyone my name is Naboth kwilyame, i live in Uganda/Kampala, and i am a fundraiser in a startup organization and eager to learn more in this course

Hello! My name is Nataliia, I am from Ukraine and currently reside in the UAE. I am a teacher by education and by heart, however most of my professional experience is in operations. I am passionate about education and working towards openning a community school in Lebanon and later in other countries. My goal is to make the education accessible and affordable for everyone so raising the funds will play a big role in achieving it.

Hello there,
My name is Sotheareak. I am from Cambodia. I work in a local non-profit organization called PEPY Empowering Youth as the Partnerships Officer. I have just started this job. I am looking forward to learning about fundraising techniques to support organization and also gain professional skills. This course would help me a lot in my work to raise more fund and attract more donors to my NGO.

Greetings to you all. I am called Nambi Barbara joining the team from Uganda. I am a lawyer by profession with over 17 years experience working with civil society organisations . Currently I am working with GIZ as a technical advisor supporting CSOs in areas of political participation, organisational development and financial sustainability. I would like to know more about how I can support CSO's to be financially sustainable and I guess the journey begins with you. I am excited for this journey.

Hello, My name is Omondi William, the Executive Director of Kenya Developmental Disability Organization-KEDDO which specializes in advocacy, direct service activities, and research related to developmental disability. My interest is to build capacity on fundraising so that I can get the gist of the entire process rather than rely on external consultants. I hope to engage and be better with every passing module

Hi! My name is Irina and its a pleasure for me to participate in this course! O work in NGO dari edu as a fundraiser. I will be happy to know these important strategies which Im sure will be useful at my daily work with fundraising campaigns!

Hi all, I’m Susan from Connecticut USA, I have a B.S. in Consumer Economics from University of Massachusetts and M.S. in Nonprofit Philanthropy for Bay Path University. I’m about to retire and would like to start consulting small NPOs about their fundraising and business management objectives, as many small NPOs struggle with limited staffing and knowledge of NPO best practices. My goal here is to refresh my knowledge of the basics and learn from other classmates who are starting NPOs or are working at small NPOs about their challenges and successes. I’ve worked at higher levels of well established NPOs for the past nearly 30 years but it’s been a long time since I’ve worked in an entry level position—I want to become familiar with that perspective again!

Hello everyone,

My name is Victoria Guglielmini, I'm from Argentina and I'm currently living in South Africa.
I work for an NPO called Happy Yappers Animal Sanctuary that rescues and re-homes dogs and provides education to pet owners.

My goals are to learn about fundraising to be able to apply it to my organization.

I am very excited about EVERYTHING.

Hello everyone my name is Dustin Havens-York I am the President and Director of Operations of Heartland Equality Based out of Kentucky

Hi, David from côte d'ivoire west africa
here to learn

Hello , My name is Millan Ochieng from Kenya, A health system advisor. I'm happy to be here, ready to learn, , apply those ideas in my Fundraising Course learning Process.

Hi everyone,
I am Colleen from the U.S., but I live with my family in my husband's home country of Guatemala. We work various non-profit programs, however my personal favorite and the one that I am most passionate about is a learning center for children with programs in art and Montessori. I hope to learn more and become a better fundraiser so that we can expand our programs in 2023. Nice to work with you all.
Thanks,
Colleen

My name is Mohammed Bolori, a Public Health Physician from Nigeria. I am very excited to be part of this community and looking forward to learning from all the members. I want to benefit maximally in the discussions we are going to have to enable me to be more useful to millions of people in my country that are faced with many challenges of life such as hunger, abject poverty, lack of access to a minimal package of health care, potable water, housing, etc.
Thank you.

@Ambe_Marius said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising:

Hello everyone,
I am Ambe Marius, a parasitologist with interest in neglected tropical disease. I am passionate about data and health especially for the old and needy. I am planning on starting a non profit organization to identity severe cases as a results of NTDs and treat or manage the conditions.

Ambe_Marius, please, may i know the country you are hailing from?

My name is Gertrude Rollart , I am from the Country of Papua New Guinea, I am a freelance tutor, public speaker, Coach, Mentor and I also teach English to non-English Speakers. Basically, Iam an entrepreneur. My goal for taking this course is to be proactive, add on skills to be a better version of myself and be able to contribute productively to the society. I am excited to learn everything this course offers

Hello everyone, my name is Teopister Nalule, from Uganda and I volunteer with Teach for Uganda as well are aiming to see that all children in Uganda Acquire Quality and Equitable Education. I am a teacher by profession and I am so passionate about Education.
I am also passionate about the Orphans and I am looking forward to starting an orphanage after learning and understanding how to handle children through my volunteering Journey with Teach for Uganda.
Nice to meet you all and happy to be part of your in this course.
Hard work, Teamwork , Respect, constantly learning, Excellency and children first are my values.

Hello everyone, my name is Isaac from Ghana, an Economist and a MEL practitioner. I'm here to learn, create network of fundraisers who are passionate in development.
I'm excited to meet you all.

Hello everyone,am Pelgia from Uganda,looking to develop my skills in fundraising for NGOs in my country

Hi, I'm Celeste Ulloa from México, I'm the chief of operation at a Shelter for migrant and refugee families in the Mexican Side of the San Diego/Tijuana Border.
My goal is to learn new skills that I can apply at the Shelter for it to continue their operations.

Hi,
I'm Celeste Ulloa, chief of operations at Casa del Migrante in Tijuana, an NPO shelter that helps migrant and refugee families on the Mexican Side of the northwest San Diego/Tijuana border.
I hope to get involved in as much knowledge as possible to use it to ensure that this shelter can continue functioning.

Hi,
I'm Celeste Ulloa, chief of operations at Casa del Migrante in Tijuana, an NPO shelter that helps migrant and refugee families on the Mexican Side of the northwest San Diego/Tijuana border.
I hope to get involved in as much knowledge as possible to use it to ensure that this shelter can continue functioning.

Hello! My name is Kenzie Lauritzen and I am the development and communications coordinator for Boise Valley Habitat for Humanity in Boise, Idaho, United States. My goal is to have a working knowledge of fundraising in order to help craft more fundraising collateral and help with overall fundraising strategy. I am most excited to learn the how's and why's of fundraising strategies.

Hello team, My name is Colleta Awino Maloba a Kenyan citizen working with humanitarian Non-governmental Organization in Somalia. I am a Program Coordinator and a Business Management professional. I am so excited to be a part of this great initiative and enthusiastic to become a Fundraising Master.Looking forward to interacting more as time goes by.

Hi I'm Basset. I'm glad to be on this platform. Is a Nigerian. I hope it will great meeting with friends across the globe.

Hello team, my name is Mr. Abraham K. Badio from Liberia. I look forward to learning this course better to understand crowdfunding and fundraising because it has been the dream of my wife and I to establish a charity care for children and young people. On the overall learning this course will give me knowledge on to solicited fund from donors and have direct positive impact on their social and economic lives.

Hello everyone! My name is Ramya and I am an intern at The Rahul Kotak Foundation. Fundraising is a topic that interests me because I get to meet new people and experience kindness through donors who donate time money and/or energy.

Hi Everyone
My Name is Hibist Bogale from Ethiopia , currently working as Senior Grant Officer , My plan when i enrolled to this course to improve my understanding on Fundraising help to help my organization on Fundraising activities better way. I currently work on organization working to End modern Slavery specially Children need to support the program with improved potential.

My name is Calisto Ochieng and I work as a Resource Mobilisation Officer. I am doing this course to get in-depth knowledge on fundraising and apply it in my fundraising assignment in the organisation. I also look forward to use this knowledge in developing a comprehensive fundraising strategy.

Hello! My name is Shelli and I'm currently in the USA. I have just accepted a fundraising position with our local Habitat for Humanity and am so excited about this opportunity. So much has changed over the last couple years and I'm very excited to work for a nonprofit. My goals for this course are just to absorb as much knowledge as possible. I'm excited to find out more!

Thank you for what you are doing! It's sad that there needs to be a program out there to end modern slavery, but I'm glad that there is.

@Hbogale said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising:

Hi Everyone
My Name is Hibist Bogale from Ethiopia , currently working as Senior Grant Officer , My plan when i enrolled to this course to improve my understanding on Fundraising help to help my organization on Fundraising activities better way. I currently work on organization working to End modern Slavery specially Children need to support the program with improved potential.

Hello everyone I’m glad to be here

It is so nice to see someone with as many hyphens as I see myself having. This is a period of Renaissance in which we all can be aficionadas of many subjects.

I am Alexandria Rene Smith. I am an Executive Director of Healing Hands & Happy Heart. We are excited to be here so we can scale to the next level: attracting donors, clients, and volunteers to grow our organization. This line of work is literally my heart and mind on the page and was inspired to honor my legacy, and that of my ancestors. This is my chance to give back to society in a monumental way and design an outer world based on my inner world. I cannot wait until the fruits grow for ripe picking.

Blessings Everyone & PU - Philanthropy University,
My name is Sophie OB Williams, Black British - UK, Am look forward to learning and advancing knowledge / practical ability of Fundraising for Charities / Organisations / Campaigns ,
Look to join a Team - Blessings PU Fundraisers

I am Amrender singh. I am working in a private firm in India. And I am very much moved about the financial terms of poor so to learn and help i am here

Hello everyone. My name is Stacie Forbes, and I'm based in the U.S. I work as a consultant, with experience in the entertainment, education, and energy sectors. I enrolled in this course to understand how fundraising works from an organizational perspective. At present, my goal is to support organizations I'm passionate about start or increase fundraising activity.

Hi all!!My name is Courtney and I'm from Canada. I'm a student with hopes of doing community outreach. What I'm looking to get out of this course is a concrete strategy to get more money from donors in a way thats not awkard.

Hi Stacy! That's so cool!! Good luck in the course!

Hi there. I really respect that. Best of luck in the course!